Hugo Palmer Ebor Festival Day One runners blog: 'He seems much harder to predict on a straight track'

Hugo Palmer shares his latest Coral ambassador blog ahead of the trainer's two runners on Day One of Ebor Festival in York.

• Roman Dragon - York - 1:50 race odds

• Ruby's Angel - York - 5:20 race odds

Two runners on day one of the Ebor meeting, and with Roman Dragon drawn 20 of 20, and Ruby’s Angel drawn 22 of 22, our season of having no, or very little, luck with draws continues.  It’s a shame York has such a track bias, it really should be something they look to rectify.

As for Roman Dragon, he’s up six pounds to a career high mark of 100 here after his Chester win, so he has to defy that, but he has Oisin [Murphy] back on board here, and maybe a straight five and a half [furlongs] with a strong pace will suit him. Around Chester he is so reliable, on straighter tracks he seems much harder to predict for some reason.

That said, he has won over five and six furlongs on the straight track in Bahrain, so he can do it, but as I say, being drawn in stall 20 is probably not ideal.

I think the ground was probably too slow for her at Newmarket last time, but it was worth having a go as there was decent prize money on offer, as there is here. She’s been dropped a couple of pounds as a result of her last run, and we’re sticking at six furlongs, but life won’t be easy for her from this extreme draw.

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